Car basket rack



Feb. 5 I924. 1,482,900

J. KIRBY, JR

CAR BASKET RACK I Filed June 26, 1922 l INVENTOR .WlTNESSE S.-" I 7 I Patented Feb. 5, 1924.

PATENT JOHN'KIRBY, JR, 013 DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TOTI-IE DAYTON MANUFACTURING 7 COMPANY, OF DAYTON, ,OHIO, A. CORPORATION OF OHIOi I CAR BASKET RACK.

Application filed June 26,1922. Serial No. 571,012. I

and has for its object to improve upon the:

invention illustrated, described and claimed in United States Letters Patent No. 7 87 ,456, issued to me April 18, 1905', and in whichthe bottom member forms a complete single structure which. can be attachedto and detached from the wall brackets when the latter are secured in position on the wallof the car or other support, therebymaking it .un-

necessary'to remove the brackets from their.

support when it' is necessaryto makerepairs to the bottom member of the rack or when for any purpose it is desired to separate the same from the brackets when therack is in posi tion for use inthe car, theinvention being especially advantageous when employed in connection with a-number of sections forming what is commonly known as continuous racks, and in which to remove a bottom section, prior to my invention above-referred to, it was necessary to begin at one end, of

the rack and remove thebrackets and bottom sections until the particular section to-be re: moved for repairs or otherwise was reached,

while with my saidiimprovement any bottom section can be removed and. replaced without disturbing any of the other sections or removing any of the. brackets from their position on the wall of the car.

The use of this broad inventionhas proved to be of great advantage, especially in the development of steel passenger cars in which removal of the brackets is more difficult and requires more labor and skill than is required for the same accomplishment in wooden cars. It is the purposeof mypresent invention to simplify the construction: of such basket racks by reducing the number of parts together with a correspondingre duction in the cost to manufacture, and by providing meanswhereby the .bottom-v sections can be placed in position and removed from the brackets more quickly and with the exercise of less skill than heretofore required.

To these ends my presentinvention consists chiefly in providing the wall brackets with laterally projecting members upon which the rear portion of the bottom sections are supported, the front rods or por tion thereof being coupled to the brackets in a manner similar to that shown and described in the patent aforesaid, and the in-- T vention further consists in certain details-of construction and combination of parts as will be hereinafterdescribed and pointed out in the claims at the end of thisspecification.

In: the accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof, Figure 1 is a top plan view showing oneend bottom section in full connected with: the bulkhead partition at one. end and coupled toa wall bracket in posi tion on the side wall of a car at the other end, and showing also a. portion of a second section in position to be coupled to the opposite side of the bracket; Fig. 2 is a cross section through line XX ofFigure 1;..Fig.

3 is anenlarged front view of one of the wall bracketsshowing portions of bottom sections attached thereto, the manner of coupling the front rods being shown in section, and Fig. 4 is an enlargedview of one of the connecting-bars, showing, in section, the manner of connecting the intermediate rods thereto.

In the said drawings similar numerals indicate correspondingparts throughout the several figures thereof.

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sents the inside line of the side wall of a car and 2 indicates a bulkhead partition. 3 represents wall brackets having members, 45 by which th bracketsare-secured to the side wall, in the usual manner. These brackets are also provided with externally screw threaded members 5, 5 at their outer ends, and with supporting lugs 6, and covering lugs 6 at or near their rear ends, which members and lugs project laterally from the brackets on each side thereof, except where the racks are designed to occupy a space less than that of'the full distance between the end partitions, inwhich case the end brackloo ets are provided with such members andlugs on the inside only; .VVhen the racks are designed toextend the entire distance between the end partitions theipartition ends ofthe bottom sections are supported by partition brackets 7, 8 secured to the partitions, in a manner which presently will be explained.

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The bottom sections of the rack are each, preferably, composed of a front or coupling rod 9, a rear or supporting rod 10 and any desired number of intermediate rods 11, united to form single structures by means of connecting bars 12, intermediate bars 13 being employed where it is desired to give additional stiffness to the structure, the ends of rod 10 may be reduced and fitted with a collar 10 of rubber or other suitable material, as shown in Figure 3, to prevent the possibility of rattle which otherwise might be caused by vibration. The front and back rods 9 and 10 are preferably of larger diameter than the intermediate rods 11 and all or any of the rods may be either tubular or solid; in the present instance they are all shown solid. The front rods 9 are provided at each end with enlarged heads which may be formed thereon in various ways, depending upon whether the rods are tubular or solid, when solid, as illustrated, I have found a separate collar secured to the rod by a screw 14, and forming shoulders 15, as clearly shown in Figure 3 to be the most effective and economical manner of forming these enlarged heads.

The ends of the intermediate rods 11 are tapered and engage correspondingly tapered perforations in the bars 12 to which they are secured by means of screws 16, as shown in Figure 4. The rods 9 and 10 pass through and extend beyond the bars 12, their ends being connected to the wall brackets and to the partition brackets in the following manner: the ends of rods 10 are inserted in the space formed between lugs 6, 6 resting on the former, the function of the latter being to prevent upward movement of the rod, a stop-lug 1'7 being formed on the brackets whose function is to prevent the rods, when the racks are being assembled in the car, from passing beyond the lug 6 and it serves no purpose after the bottom sections are finally coupled to the brackets.

When the rods 10 have been inserted, as

just explained, the coupling rod 9 is brought to position to register with the screwthreaded members 5, 5 and are then coupled to the brackets at each end of each section by means of coupling nuts 18 interiorly screw threaded to register with the threads on the members 5, 5 and each having an inwardly disposed flange 19 which fits loosely over the rod 9 and engages the shoulders 15 respectively, thus the coupling nuts when screwed to place on the members 5, 5 couple the bottom sections and the brackets firmly together.

From the foregoing description it will be observed that the brackets may all be secured in place on the wall of the car before adding any of the bottom sections, or that, beginning at one end, two brackets may be secured in place and a bottom section coupled thereto and an additional section added as each additional bracket is secured in place, and it will be further observed that any of the bottom sections can be removed for repairing or otherwise without disturbing any of the brackets or any of the other bottom sections.

It is also apparent that my present invention contemplates a considerable saving in time and cost of labor in the manufacture and mounting of the racks, as well as saving in the cost of material.

In carrying out my invention it is obvious that the construction which I have shown and described may be departed from in various ways without departing from the spirit thereof. Therefore I do not wish to limit the invention to the exact construction herein shown and described.

I claim:

1. In a basket rack, end brackets having provision for attaching the same to a suitable support, supporting lugs adjacent the rear ends of the brackets, and screw threaded members at the front ends thereof; said lugs and said members projecting laterally from the sides of the brackets, in combination with a bottom-section between said brackets the rear of which is supported upon said lugs clear of the brackets, horizontally disposed covering lugs projecting from the sides of the brackets above said bottom-section adapted to prevent upward movement of the latter, and means for coupling the front of said bottom-section to said screw threaded members.

2. In a basket rack, end brackets having provision for attaching the same to a suitable support, supporting lugs adjacent the rear ends of the brackets, and screw threaded members at the front ends thereof; said lugs and said members projecting laterally from the sides of the brackets, in combination with a bottom-section between said brackets the rear of which is supported upon said lugs clear of the brackets, horizontally disposed covering lugs projecting from the sides of the brackets above said bottom-section adapted to prevent upward movement of the latter, stop-lugs for limit ing backward movement of the bottom-section during the process of connecting the bottom-section with the brackets, and means for coupling the front of said bottom-section to said screw threaded members.

JOHN KIRBY, JR.

Witnesses: v

E. W. MINK, B. F. BURT. 

